Cross-Cultural Servant-Leadership for the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Papua New Guinea

Problem Providing leadership for a diverse Papua New Guinea (PNG) remains a challenge for the Seventh-day Adventist church. There are more than 750 languages in current use and yet very little is being done to provide representation or give consideration to the cultural differences. Method A mixed-method research, both qualitative and quantitative, that included a review of literature, interviews, case studies, and a survey designed for use in PNG was used to conduct this research designed to explore and identify the knowledge of leadership from the context of PNG and how that understanding influences the support, perceptions, and practices of the Church.. Results/Findings PNG, despite its diversity, is grouped into two main people groups: the Austronesians and the non-Austronesians. Scholars in the area of anthropology have thus identified two cultural leadership practices that are dominant in PNG: Big Man and Chieftancy—and a cause for the tension. Research substantiates that developing a cross-cultural servant model of leadership that speaks to the diversity in PNG sensitive to the issues of respect, fairness, justice, and unity is paramount for leadership practices to succeed. Conclusions PNG, composed of diverse people groups, will experience difficulties if led strictly from either a Chieftancy or Big Man mindset. Both practices, however, thrive on serving others. The first step in providing servant-leadership training is to develop a process based on the biblical model. The Jesus model, if followed, would unify the leadership for the Seventh-day Adventist church in PNG and its associate area, the South Pacific Division and the Seventh-day Adventist Church at-large

Magyar Hypertonia Regiszter

Today, hypertension is considered endemic throughout the world. The number of individuals with high blood pressure and the increasing risk, morbidity and mortality caused by hypertension despite modern therapy do not decrease sufficiently. Hypertension has become a public health issue. Prevention and effective care require integrated datasets about many features, clinical presentation and therapy of patients with hypertension. The lack of this database in Hungary prompted the development of the registry which could help to provide population-based data for analysis. Data collection and processing was initiated by the Hungarian Society of Hypertension in 2002. Data recording into the Hungarian Hypertension Registry was performed four times (2002, 2005, 2007, 2011) and the registry currently contains data obtained from 108,473 patients. Analysis of these data indicates that 80% of the patients belong to the high or very high cardiovascular risk group. The registry provides data on cardiovascular risk of the hypertensive populations and the effectiveness of antihypertensive therapy in Hungary. Based on international experience and preliminary analysis of data from the Hungarian Hypertension Registry, establishment of hypertension registry may support the effectiveness of public health programs. A further step would be needed for proper data management control and the application of professional principles of evidence-based guidelines in the everyday practice. Orv. Hetil., 2014, 155(19), 764-768

Öffentlicher Personenverkehr im Kosovo: Stand und Entwicklungsperspektiven

Die vorliegende Diplomarbeit hat zum Ziel, Stand und Entwicklungsperspektiven des öffentlichen Personenverkehrs im Kosovo aufzuzeigen. Hierfür erfolgt zunächst eine umfangreiche Bestandsaufnahme der Verkehrsinfrastruktur sowie des Fahrtenangebots im öffentlichen Verkehr. Dessen Qualität wird anschließend analysiert und ausgewertet. Ebenso erfolgt eine Betrachtung der gesetzlichen Rahmenbedingungen für den öffentlichen Personenverkehr im Kosovo. Im Weiteren werden vorhandene Strategien für den öffentlichen Personenverkehr der nationalen und kommunalen Ebene im Kosovo zusammengetragen und dargestellt. Ferner erfolgt eine qualitative Abschätzung des Potentials des öffentlichen Verkehrs für die nationale Ebene und den Verkehr mit den Nachbarstaaten sowie weitere internationale Verbindungen. Aus der Analyse werden Maßnahmen entwickelt, mit denen die aufgezeigten Defizite behoben und vor Ort vorhandene Ressourcen besser für den öffentlichen Personenverkehr genutzt werden können. Im Ergebnis steht ein kurzfristiger sowie ein mittel- bis langfristiger Maßnahmenkatalog zur Verbesserung des öffentlichen Personenverkehrs im Kosovo. Wesentliche Verbesserungen, insbesondere in Bezug auf Reisendeninformation und Zugänglichkeit, können bereits mit kurzfristigen Maßnahmen erzielt werden. Langfristig wird eine Reorganisation des öffentlichen Verkehrs in der Republik Kosovo angeregt.:1. Einführung 2. Der Kosovo als Untersuchungsgebiet 3. Bestandsaufnahme 4. Vorhandene Strategien 5. Potentialabschätzung 6. Handlungsbedarf und Entwicklungsperspektiven 7. Maßnahmenkatalog und Umsetzungsperspektive 8. Fazit und AusblickThe aim of this diploma thesis is to show the status and development prospects of public transport in Kosovo. For this purpose, a comprehensive survey of the transport infrastructure and the range of public transport services is carried out. The quality of these services is then analysed and evaluated. The legal framework for public transport in Kosovo is also examined. Furthermore, existing strategies for public transport at the national and municipal level in Kosovo are summarised. Moreover, a qualitative assessment of the potential of public transport for the national level and transport with neighbouring countries as well as further international connections is carried out. Based on the analysis, measures are developed to address the identified deficits and to make better use of local resources for public transport. The result is a short-term and a medium- to long-term catalogue of actions to improve public transport in Kosovo. Significant improvements, especially regarding passenger information and accessibility, can already be achieved with short-term measures. In the long term, a reorganisation of public transport in the Republic of Kosovo is suggested.:1. Einführung 2. Der Kosovo als Untersuchungsgebiet 3. Bestandsaufnahme 4. Vorhandene Strategien 5. Potentialabschätzung 6. Handlungsbedarf und Entwicklungsperspektiven 7. Maßnahmenkatalog und Umsetzungsperspektive 8. Fazit und Ausblic

Sensations and the identity theory

Chapter One presents one formulation of the problem which different versions of the identity theory attempt to solve. The attempted solutions offered by other versions of the identity theory are evaluated. Chapter Two is a statement of the identity theory. It restricts the discussion to the identity of sensations and brain processes. It tries to clarity what is to count as a sensation and what as a brain process. Some introductory remarks are made in it about the nature of the concept of identity. Chapter Three is concerned with distinguishing the factual and logical (in the widest sense of these terms) components of the identity theory. It is argued that they cannot be treated in isolation of each other. The independent identification of sensations through nonverbal behaviour, and of brain processes through brain-readings is discussed. Chapters Four and Five are devoted to a discussion of avowals. It is argued that sensations can be identified through avowals as well. The nature of avowals is discussed; it is argued that the typical avowal is corrigible, and that avowals have grounds. Alternative analyses of avowals are discussed. Chapter Six takes up the question whether or not sensations can be said to have spatial location. It is argued that an affirmative answer can be given if we recognize that sensations, like all processes, can be said to have spatial location only in a derivative sense. Chapter Seven examines the nature of the identity between sensations and brain processes. Identity is argued to be an empirical, extensional, heterogeneons, reductive identity of properties. The task of Chapter Eight is twofold: first, to meet the objection that the identity proposed is too weak-and thus compatible with the distinctness of sensations and brain processes; and second, to compare the identity theory with dualism and with the oriteriological view

Permohonan Izin Poligami karena Wasiat (Tinjauan Yuridis Putusan Pengadilan Agama Cilacap Nomor 3793/Pdt.G/2020/PA.Clp)

Tulisan hukum ini berjudul Permohonan Izin Poligami Karena Wasiat (Tinjauan Yuridis Putusan Pengadilan Agama Nomor : 3793/Pdt.G/2020/PA.Clp). Salah satu kasus yang terjadi dalam penelitian ini adalah tentang permohonan izin poligami karena wasiat. Secara garis besar perkara dalam penelitian ini bermula dari permohonan yang diajukan oleh pemohon ke Pengadilan Agama Cilacap untuk melakukan poligami dengan alasan menjalankan wasiat amannah dari kakak kandungnya sebelum meninggal dunia agar “mengrumat” mantan istrinya yang diartikan “mengrumat” ini adalah untuk menikahi mantan isteri dari mendiang kakak kandungnya tersebut. Berdasarkan latar belakang tersebut, yang menjadi rumusan masalah dalam penelitian ini adalah bagaimana dasar pertimbangan hukum hakim dalam mengabulkan izin poligami dengan alasan wasiat (Tinjauan Yuridis Putusan Nomor 3793/Pdt.G/2020/PA.Clp). Metode Penelitian yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah Yuridis Normatif. Penelitian ini menggunakan data sekunder dan pendekatan kasus yang dianalisis secara normatif kuantitatif. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian dapat disimpulkan bahwa dasar pertimbangan hukum hakim dalam mengabulkan izin poligami, berdasarkan pada syarat kumulatif saja yaitu berdasarkan Pasal 5 ayat (1) Undang-Undang No. 1 Tahun 1974 Jo Pasal 41 huruf (c) Peraturan Pemerintah No. 9 Tahun 1975. Menurut peneliti, hakim tidak lengkap dalam memberikan pertimbangan hukumnya karena hakim tidak mempertimbangkan unsur yang ada pada Pasal 4 ayat (2) Undang-Undang No. 1 Tahun 1974, Pasal 41 huruf (a) Peraturan Pemerintah No. 9 Tahun 1975 dan Pasal 57 Kompilasi Hukum Islam sebagai syarat alternatif poligami karena wasiat dalam kasus ini tidak termasuk dalam syarat-syarat dan alasan poligami, selain itu Termohon pada awalnya tidak menyetujui poligami tersebut dilihat dari fakta di persidangan yaitu mediasi yang gagal maka hal tersebut tidak sesuai dengan Pasal 3 ayat (2) Undang-Undang No. 1 Tahun 1974, serta wasiat yang diartikan Pemohon dalam kasus ini tidak sesuai dengan Pasal 195 ayat (1) Kompilasi Hukum Islam, maka dalam kasus ini hakim telah benar dengan tidak mempertimbangkan wasiat tersebut. Atas dasar tersebut, melakukan poligami dengan alasan wasiat tidak dibenarkan karena dalam kasus ini tidak memenuhi syarat-syarat orang berwasiat

‘Ought Implies Can’: Not So Pragmatic After All

Those who want to deny the ‘ought implies can’ principle often turn to weakened views to explain ‘ought implies can’ phenomena. The two most common versions of such views are that ‘ought’ presupposes ‘can’, and that ‘ought’ conversationally implicates ‘can’. This paper will reject both views, and in doing so, present a case against any pragmatic view of ‘ought implies can’. Unlike much of the literature, I won't rely on counterexamples, but instead will argue that each of these views fails on its own terms. ‘Ought’ and ‘can’ do not obey the negation test for presupposition, and they do not obey the calculability or the cancelability tests for conversational implicature. I diagnose these failures as partly a result of the importance of the contrapositive of ‘ought implies can’. I end with a final argument emphasizing the role the principle plays in moral thinking, and the fact that no pragmatic account can do it justice

Philosophical Foundations of Wisdom

Practical wisdom (hereafter simply ‘wisdom’), which is the understanding required to make reliably good decisions about how we ought to live, is something we all have reason to care about. The importance of wisdom gives rise to questions about its nature: what kind of state is wisdom, how can we develop it, and what is a wise person like? These questions about the nature of wisdom give rise to further questions about proper methods for studying wisdom. Is the study of wisdom the proper subject of philosophy or psychology? How, exactly, can we determine what wisdom is and how we can get it? In this chapter, we give an overview of some prominent philosophical answers to these questions. We begin by distinguishing practical wisdom from theoretical wisdom and wisdom as epistemic humility. Once we have a clearer sense of the target, we address questions of method and argue that producing a plausible and complete account of wisdom will require the tools of both philosophy and empirical psychology. We also discuss the implications this has for prominent wisdom research methods in empirical psychology. We then survey prominent philosophical accounts of the nature of wisdom and end with reflections on the prospects for further interdisciplinary research

Can Modus Vivendi Save Liberalism from Moralism? A Critical Assessment of John Gray’s Political Realism

This chapter assesses John Gray’s modus vivendi-based justification for liberalism. I argue that his approach is preferable to the more orthodox deontological or teleological justificatory strategies, at least because of the way it can deal with the problem of diversity. But then I show how that is not good news for liberalism, for grounding liberal political authority in a modus vivendi undermines liberalism’s aspiration to occupy a privileged normative position vis-à-vis other kinds of regimes. So modus vivendi can save liberalism from moralism, but at cost many liberals will not be prepared to pay

Book review : From White Australia to Woomera : the story of Australian immigration by James Jupp

Book review of 'The European Union and Asian Countries' by Georg Wiessala (London: Sheffield Academic Press, 2002), ISBN 0826460917.2 page(s